Cloud 101

Cloud 101

What exactly is cloud computing, and how can it benefit your organization? At Long View, we see cloud as more than a technology. We see it as a confluence of several IT components such as virtualization, data center and Internet reaching their maturity stage as together they lead your business into the future. With cloud computing, your IT services are delivered in a more reliable model that enables both efficiency and agility, giving you the competitive edge in the marketplace.

Numerous industry-leading companies are already realizing that cloud is significantly increasing business agility and responsiveness. And these companies are getting their products or services to market quicker.

The future of IT is in cloud technology. And Long View can help you get there.

Allocate hardware as you need it – without the heavy capital expenses. Our scalable Infrastructure as a Service solutions let you adjust your server requirements as your business needs change. IaaS means flexibility and agility – all at a predictable monthly cost.

Use storage as you need it with no need to plan for future growth. Get high-capacity and high-speed storage on demand, with your choice of Object Storage, File Storage (NFS/CIFS) or Block Storage (iSCSI).OnDemand Cloud Storage

Make sure your business keeps running uninterrupted during a system failure. Don’t just hope to recover; guarantee it before you lose data. With Long View, “business as usual” is – well, business as usual.OnDemand Cloud Disaster Recovery

From enterprise-sized corporations to home-based businesses, all companies have information that needs to be stored and protected. From laptops, smartphones and tablets to servers, storage and applications, OnDemand Cloud Backup is there to protect your data.OnDemand Cloud Backup

Cloud Questions

Public cloud is a cloud infrastructure used by multiple clients residing on the same virtual framework but securely isolated from one another.

Private cloud is a cloud infrastructure used by only one client or tenant.

Hybrid cloud combines cloud technology with traditional servers and applications. We believe this will become the most prevalent form of cloud computing in the business world. A hybrid environment can combine public and private clouds as well as leverage cloud services to ensure business continuity and disaster recovery.

Multi-tenant: a single instance of a cloud serves multiple clients. Each client is securely segregated, and tenants maybe able to customize some parts of the service.

With IaaS, IT service providers lease equipment that supports operations (including storage, hardware, servers and networking components) to businesses in a cloud model. The service provider owns the equipment and is responsible for housing, running and maintaining it, and the client typically pays on a per-use basis.

With PaaS, businesses rent hardware, operating systems, storage and network components on a service delivery model over the Internet. The customer rents virtualized servers and associated services to run existing applications and develop new ones. With PaaS, Long View provides everything up to and including the operating system (OS). From there, you choose the applications you need.

With SaaS, a vendor or service provider hosts applications and makes them available to customers over the Internet. Through SaaS, Long View clients run specific applications through the cloud, choosing only the applications they desire.

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Long View is one of the most powerful IT solutions and services companies in North America with offices across the continent. With a clear focus on combining business and technology through our Hybrid IT solutions including cloud, IT infrastructure, managed services, and end user support, Long View is able to define and customize what the future of IT looks like for our clients. Innovative, flexible, cost-effective, and business focused…that’s Long View.

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